Now that I have only $2000 left to pay off my credit card, I have been looking at all the things on which I would like to spend my freed-up money. The reality is that I will have to begin paying student loans soon so my dreams of a more extravagant lifestyle will have to wait a while longer :) So I have come up with a plan - which I am still tweaking - called the minimum wage budget, to help me stay organized and stay on track with my financial goals. It looks something like this: Minimum wage = $10.25 x 35 hours x 4 weeks = $1435.00 Child tax credit 355.96 Child support 300.00 (I am purposely leaving out the Universal Child Tax Credit in the hopes it gets scrapped for a real child care plan, when "the Harper Government" is defeated next month) That leaves me with $2090.96, which is actually not much less than what I bring home, but the intention is to ignore t
Mama's in debt, but the kid is alright